I just had ADT upgrade the home security system to their Digital version. The guy arrived at 9:00 a.m., took a very short lunch and didn’t leave until 10:00 p.m. Talk about network problems, whew.
The Mac Extreme had a direct cat wire to the DVR in another part of the house, we could “ping” the device but could never get the static IP address to work…so that’s their problem and they are going to have to return. The alarms system works fine, it’s the DVR for the cameras that is the problem…I will say the system is coolest thing, can view the cameras from the iPhone, and iPad and will with the Mac once they get the static IP problem fixed, can arm the house, disarm, view the cameras, have the cameras send me a text when any of them are tripped and then send me a clip of the activity at that camera…WOW, Buck Rogers…..hopefully I will be able to do all this on the Apple Watch…Dick Tracy lives….. My question is about our home networks. They wanted to put in a wireless thermostats, there would be three, they wanted to install wireless lamp devices, a wireless door knob, Wireless garage door alarm and several wireless video cameras. All this would be controlled with the iPhone or iPad….very cool stuff. Then I take an “Electronic House” magazine, they have TONS of stuff that are becoming a common place in our homes, wireless speakers, wireless blinds, etc. etc. Apple is coming out with it’s wireless Home app. So, what is all this going to do to our networks? As these devices take over our homes will we be be subject to all kinds of “entry points” for hackers? The Wireless light bulbs that I had installed I took out due to reports that hackers could get to our computers through them, as many are also doing with Wireless baby monitors. Also, will all these devices slow our network to a crawl if we try to move files around the network, or slow our connection to the outside world? Do you see a way all this can be integrated without affecting our connection speed? Thanks for your ideas… John _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
